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J. GALUSHA STAUNTON, OF ELLICOTTVILLE, NEV YORK.

PERCH FOR FOVVLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 322,076, dated July 14, 1885.

. Application filed May 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J. GALUsHA STAUNTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at EL licottsville, in the county of Oattaraugus and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Perches for Fowls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to the culture of poultry; and the objects of myimprovements are, first, to prevent parasites from attacking the fowls on roost; and, second, to protect the fowls in cold weather when at roost. I attain these objects by the construction of a perch,hereinafter described,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a top view of my improved perch for fowls; Fig. 2, aver-tical crosssection; Fig. 3, a detail in perspective of the perches or roosts proper and the separating frames; Fig. 4, alongitudinal section; Fig. 5, a top View, the perch-hood being removed; Fig. 6, an enlarged sectional detail of the hooded perch, and Fig. 7 a view of the perch-frame and its hood.

A A represent the side walls of the'coop or chicken-house or partitions therein.

B B are theperches or roosts proper. These perches B are separated from the walls A by frames O O, and are "supported in any suitable manner above troughs D D, connected to said'- franie, the preferred support of the perches B being pins e e, rising from troughs D, or by pin-connection with the frames O. v.

The frames O are supported and separated from the walls A by screws or bolt-pins a a, and the design is to smear the pins a a occasionally with an unctuous substance-such as coal-tar or carbolic acid-offensive or fatal to the parasites called hen-lice,77 and to till the trough with material also offensive to them, as the sawdust from cedar, or with sassafras, or other materials may be used. By this con struction the perches are separated from the walls of the chickenhouse and parasites kept from emerging from covert and attacking the fowls nightly, only to leave them again in the morning,as is their well-known custom. Ialso provide this frame with a hood or cap, E, so constructed as to be easily removed when not required. The hood may be made of two end pieces, b b, connected together by narrow strips c c, extending from one piece b to the other,

and of a length to correspond'with the foundation-frame therefor, the whole covered with paper, f, or any other material which may inclose the space, and that space should not much exceed the comfortable accommodation of the fowls occnpying'it. This hood E may be so constructed and arranged as to be raised entire like a bonnet by a oord or pulley for the admission of the fowls, or may be, asin the drawings, constructed with a hinged drop-lid, d, adapted to be .opened and held open by cord g passing through a hole, t', in a eross-bar.

In warm weather the hood may be dispensed with. In temperate weather the lid may be raised. In the day-time,when the fowls are n ot at roost, the drop-lid d should be kept open.

The fowls have full ventilation from below, as they are only inclosed by the hood on the top and sides. IThe frames C and hood end pieces, b b, are so constructed as that the hood shall nt snugly upon the roost end frames.

The weight of the hood may be sufficient to keep it upon the frame roost; but preferably it is fastened by pins 7c, which may be drawn out when it is desired to dispense with the hood.

The perchcs or roosts B are of less length than their troughs D, so that their ends do not come in contact with the frame C or the hood end pieces, b b, so that by this construction the walls A are separated from the roosts or perches that are grasped by the talons of the fowls, and the roosts are placed in position above thelevel of the open bottom of the frame G. This location of the roosts places them within ahood open at the bottom for ventilation, while the elevation of said roosts above the level of the open bottom of the hood renders the inclosurc of the perches effective and eonduees to warmth of the fowls in cold weather.

I claim- 1. In combination with the frame or walls A of a chicken or poultry house, the frame O, bolt-pins a, perch or perches B, troughs D, and supports for said perches B, substantially as and for 'the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the walls A of a ICO the walls ofthe coop and supportedby screws or holt-pins, and subjacent troughs for said perehes, subsizintially as herein setJ forth.

In testimony whereof Ihzwe hereunto set; my I5 hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Walls A of a poultry-house, of the separatingfrzuncs C, holt-pins a, and a hood or cap, E, provided with a hinged drop'lid, d, adapted to he raised as desired, substantially asset forth, and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the supportingwalls A of a Chiekenpereh with :L frame, C, and the l perehes or roosts B,separated from said fram e, substantially as herein seb forth.

5. The perches or roosts and their supporti ig; pins,con1bi ned with a frame separated from J. GALUSHA STAUNTON.

Witnesses:

H. L. MCCAY, Crus. C. RUST. 

